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Ivan Rakitic, just after the match against the Mallorca

IN SUBSTITUTION OF ARTURO VIDAL

Rakitic is important for Setién: Match 300 with the Barça in Mallorca

Published:13/06/2020 - 23:41h

Updated:14/06/2020 - 02:40h

Quique Setién gave one half time to Ivan Rakitic during the match against the Mallorca in Son Moix. The Croat jumped to the field after the half-time, in replacement of Arturo Vidal

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A lot it has spoken about the future of Ivan Rakitic, and the Croatian midfield player always has left clear that his priority is to remain in the FC Barcelona and fulfil the agreement that has signed until June of 2021. Quique Setién has he, and like this could see this Saturday in Sound Moix. The Barcelona technician gave to the '4' of the Barça the second half against the Mallorca, giving him entrance to the field in replacement of Arturo Vidal.

The Chilean already had fulfilled his committed with grow, marking a goal and carrying even a yellow by his aggressiveness in the pressure of balloon. This carried to Setién to enter to Rakitic in the terrain of game, allowing so the Croat arrived to the 300 parties with the Barcelona T-shirt since it landed in the staff in summer of 2014, pertinent of the Seville.

In these 300 parties, Rakitic has been able to annotate 35 goals, distributing his parties of culé between the 190 of LaLiga (24 goals), the 59 in the Champions League (6 goals), the 39 in the Glass of Rey (5 goals), the 8 in the Supercopa of Spain, 2 in the World-wide of Clubs and one in the Supercopa of Europe. His last goal, this yes, gave does almost a year, in the Classical in front of the Real Madrid in the Bernabéu of the past campaign.

Since the Croat has not been able to see goal, although true is also that plays with less regularity that in previous courses by fault of the tremenda competition in the medullary, with Arturo Vidal that is offering a grandísimo performance particularly in this facet, the one of the marked goals arriving from second line.

A career of successes in the FC Barcelona

Rakitic, in any case, follows decided to harvest more successes in the FC Barcelona. Quique Setién is the third trainer that has in the Barcelona group of Ernesto Valverde and Luis Enrique. It debuted on 24 August of that year in a victory in front of the Elche (3-0) in League, and his first goal arrived in front of the Raise. In Champions League, in front of the APOEL (1-0) and the goal, against the Manchester City.

His list of winners with the team culé has been also brilliant. Since it landed in the summer of 2014 with Luis Enrique in the bench, has not left to win titles season after season, at all less than 13 (4 Leagues, 4 Glasses, 2 Supercopas of Spain and a Champions League, a Supercopa of Europe and a World-wide of Clubs). His moment summit was the goal in the final of Berlin, the first of the 3-1 to the Juventus of Turín and that served for encarrilar the last 'orejona' that, to date, has conquered the FC Barcelona.